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water children. >> great is the water >> (clapping.) >> the community of choir senior choir community of voices please round of applause thank you. >> (clapping.) >> thank you thank you choir (microphone feedback.) how is that. >> i think we're fine

mr. charles okay. he think we're fine everyone can you please see if we have enough chairs for people to seat we'd like for you to take your places yeah. okay let's start i am so delighted so honored to be standing housekeeper today my name is linda i'm a board of the bayview hunters point center for the chair of the groundbreaking and ribbon cutting summer want to give honor to god let me repeat i want to give honor to god. >> (clapping.) >> for the opportunity to be

standing here on the podium with the mayor and all the dignitaries and with the community of looking out i see that judge davis family and i see about everyone this is a great day for the bayview hunters point this is a great day for the community >> (clapping.) >> what this is vision people don't perish a man that is responsible was responsible for bringing all of us here today his vision was to insure that our seniors have a place they could live and die gracefully he reached out to a lot of people

in the city it has taken decades for us to get here but look at where we are today in his absent the vision and legacy folks are realized today, i want to essentially thank the mayor ed lee for his presence by the way, if you look at across the city that kind of setting back is taken care of all over the city this man has a passion to help seniors and youth and do it all over it is left for us to make sure we have to publicize the kind of things and trying to him him get his record straight

without further ado, we're expecting former mayor willie brown horrified you oh, my god oh, my god you see we have held everything until he got here mayor willie brown as always a fine gentleman and leader of the city thank you so much, sir fewer presence and helping us and made your time for the little people to come out every time to make an event like this happen we thank you and may god continue to bless you, your the next person on the agenda you'll help us to get this program you know going you thank you, sir. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, very much. linda it was a pleasure to have as a part of group of people over the

years have been given the proper approval to every single one of the steps that have been taken to make that particular place what it is today for those of you who don't know not having an opportunity to see it you're on the inside you will not want to leave the nature of each one of the living spaces the kinds of things that have been done (plane overhead.). (laughter) i can't believe it caltrain would do that to me. (laughter) the nature of the space and the way in which it is incredibly plagued and excused i've got to tell you i came out on more than one occasion as the process was

unfolding i've been so much a part of original effort that george had made to address the needs of seniors in the bay area and in particular, the bay area part of bayview george worked for me and one of his obligations to pay attention and do something and move the city to be r07b8g9 responsible to the needs of people ♪ community particularly seniors the vision always was a choosing campus a senior campus with something of everything welcome george you've got to know this is exactly what happened >> (clapping.) >> i have to tell you mr. mayor i would come out here and you do women doing the painting and all the sculpting i don't know any women paternity in the

union and we're black and having a good time and the music waltz played and serving coffee it was amazing the nature of how this board you think folded and believe me i'll wonder who was here nor there and ran into kathy and the architects were great every time they thought was a perfect design kathy was stuck r recurrent them and a kitchen you have to die for that kitchen could feed everybody on one setting back that god feeds 3 a times a day it is just that incredibly expressive the senior center is the same way and a quiet room mr. mayor a space for

you and i the george davis room a chair the spirit of everyone or everything is absolutely right here on this across it is a real celebration thank you to the city of san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> and and i'm delighted to be part of ceremony before we go too much further we need prayer prairie need some prayer i don't know about the rest of you but after last night i need prayer so come on over here our george's pastor and you must bring it in. >> thank you thank you mayor willie brown let every are heart player father god we thank you for giving us dr. george davis the

vision to build it senior citizen collection some 25 years ago when the center was broke probation officer, and on top of you called him home now 8 years ago when the dream was just in its yes, ma'am brisk stage some of us became discouraged but he left his widow here kathy davis who was endowed with the same vision as she was in able to inspire others to get a glimmers of that vision and come together in unity and brick it to fruition. >> and that's why we're 0 grateful that we are able to stand here right now this moment

with scissors in our hands to cut the ribbon that will allow us to go in and really show our combruld for what you have enabled us to accomplish but shirley there is much more work to be done here and the southeast sector of this great city san francisco so we're praying that you give us all of the vision just as you did with dr. davis and also with your great saint st. francis of the ostracize - give you that

faith we can pray the way he prayed grant do-si-do god i may have been able to work in our vineyard there where there is injury let me sow seeds of potters where there is hatred love, where is a darkness, light. >> for it is in giving that we receive so lord grant that i may not sow but seek to be loved as to love to be understood as to understand to be comfortable as to comfort it is in giving we receive, and it is in dying that we are born

into each other's life in jesus name we pray amen. >> amen. >> mr. mayor that was january of 1996 and we were altogether in front of the martin luther king fountain a dreary day not one as magnificent as this when reverend walker got up to say prayers the sun is shining it's been shining since then reverend walker how aau code compliant to the houshld willie brown we all respect and love to the distinguished mayor of the city

and county of san francisco mayor ed lee to our distinguished guests that are being with us along with today i'd like to at this time call all of the members of the board of directors to stand with me come and stand with me. >> (clapping.) >> now i'll introduce them one by one in a couple of minutes and to all of my fellow citizens of the city of st. francis by the way of the golden gate and the bay bridge and you can't san francisco as we know a world-class city you can't have a world-class city expect you have a world-class leadership you can't have a world-class city without a world-class

bayview hunters point and the seniors service center itself - >> well, there goes the train again ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce the board members ms. arrest lay nixon. >> (clapping.) >> treasurer of dr. czar cellist well. >> our main fundraiser mr. melvin hall. >> (clapping.) >> and the person that helped and pulled this program together and structured and organized it linda richardson. >> (clapping.) >> and overlook one gentleman that is on the board the president and this is mr.

walker. >> (laughter) >> (clapping.) >> also like for the very fiscal and person that gets things done kathy davis to come and stand. >> (clapping.) >> (piano.) >> she is the effective mover executive director of this particular program that the reason why we're here could i i want everybody to hear and understand and you don't have to talk about it you can look at at the reflection all around us this board stepped up and take advantage and make sure this would happen on today as kathy out leading giving us

direction i want everybody if you be so kind if you're incapacitated don't have to stand but i'd like everyone to stand and give this board and kathy a great round of applause. >> (clapping.) >> i believe you can do better than it you can do better than that. >> (clapping.) >> thank you very much you may be seated i'd like to leave this point on one occasion the daughter of her one of the major freeways going to do business for the family and all of a sudden a terrible horrific storm arose and the wind and rain and lightning was so bad until cars

began do pull over and stop and the daughter said dad should i pull over and stop he said keep on driving after awhile the big wheel and trucks began did pull offer and stop she mind dad the big wheelers are pulling over why not stop he said keep on driving and after awhile they droech out of the storm beyond the storm the subpoena as silencing hike today and the dad said daughter pull over just pull over they pulled over he said let's get out of car and walked back to the back of the car he said daughter look at the storm is still happening back there but you kept on driving we

drove out of storm my point we have storms we have storms to get where we are today but the walker pastor walker dr. walker said keep on driving and we are here today thank you >> (clapping.) >> a medicaid waiver sermon but nevertheless, a sermon (laughter) it is now my great pleasure to have a man who literally picked up what other mayors have started couldn't complete because they didn't keep on driving he kept on driving and we are now in the sunshine and

we're celebrating because mayor ed lee kept us heeding in the right direction mayor ed lee . >> (clapping.) >> hello bayview yeah. >> well, i just want to say a couple of things obviously my friend former mayor willie brown in 1996 been 10 years since the dream and discussion when i wanted people to know is something that i've often said in the bayview we're not doing anything new even though this is new housing in a new centering we're here to fulfill old promises in the city is that right. >> (clapping.) >> and he know in 1996 or somewhere going close to that mayor willie brown tapped me

you'll be on the team we have to get stuff done and that's kind of a few years later i tapped me for the hardest work the department of public works an appointment all in two minutes and my head was swirling since that time but all in the spirit of saying if you help us get the promises done don't make any new promises but the ones done and for the bayview in particular for you community here the promises that we have been making around equity and equal jobs and december sensitive housing for our seniors not new promises old promises and be it takes time to get here and, yes 10 years is a heck of a long

time to fulfill a promise but we're glad we're here and we're glad we're fulfilling other promises at the same time look around bayview is not what it was 10 years ago and i've got a goal of thirty thousand housing units in the city guaranteed half of them affordable to low income we're on the way what is happening in the shipyards under construction and happening in alice griffith under construction what is happening in hunters point hunters point and west brook and shipyards and candle stick all under construction we are fulfilling all promises in getting things done we will always wanted your help we're not doing in alone i'm here to

say kathy davis keep an bugging my office and keep on coming in and telling me willie used to call on people which of any bureaucracies ain't working and i've learned that lesson well, because as a student of mayor willie brown you tell me what is not doing the job we'll recreate it as we recreate ours housing authority never to be isolated and poverty housing in partnership with hud thank you housing authority and hud and leader pelosi for your wonderful leadership i want to be i want to be with leader pelosi and the on the floor of congress because we need to end gun violence in this country we need

to do that and also want to say thank you to senator leno because we're working at the state level with his help we're able to get the governor to releases another $5 million more affordable housing work with our new redevelopment agency ocii and doing that getting things done in all of those areas excluding the private sector and we're getting people jobs at the same time well deserved family oriented jobs for everybody so i want to say thank you to the community thank you to the partnerships like salazar and hud and all of the agencies mayor willie brown and thank you for allowing us to fulfill the wonderful legacy of dr. davis thank you for being here today.

>> (clapping.) >> mr. mayor thank you very much for your study and responsiveness to the needs this section of san francisco as well as many other sections of san francisco and you mentioned the name of the person tony salazar tony come up here you've been responsible for this my guess is working with kathy working with olsen lee and the city and michael baine you didn't do it alone. >> you're right mr. mayor. >> i wasn't going to say that i'm glad you brought it up and (laughter) and if the time to renegotiate i'll - >> please thank you - i

appreciate that. >> let me say you know it takes a village to raise a child it takes a strong committed compassionate village like the one that mayor ed lee is creating in the city to care for seniors and to help them grow and thrive and as seniors should continue in a very comfortable fashion someone has to build that village and plan and design and operate and maintain it and that would be me and it takes a lot of people to do that i'll introduce a lot of people in the mini want to say a couple of things about me standing here on a personal note as during the groundbreaking that many of you were with here he shared the story of meeting

dr. davis him inviting me to san francisco and talking about his vision and wanting someone to take his vision and turn it into reality and after multiple visits and meetings and mraifg pool and dominos and eve peach cobbler after the fourth meeting he be finally said you're my developer you'll do and i said at this point, i was questioning whether i really wanted to do this but he said you have to meet with any board he r i met with the board they said who is this guy coming up from la this mexico guy we're trying to have it an all african-americans and after three or four meetings with the board they finally said well, your close enough.

(laughter) you can be our partner and i just wanted to share that with you because there was a vision created my job to translate that vision into this and it is very hard when george passed because i if have anybody to ask a question is that the right is this what it is supposed to look like and feel like and kathy davis fortunately to be my partner and help turn that vision into reality but it takes a village so build a village i want to acknowledge people here that are here today, there recent a lot of people's fingertips on the building and david barker was the architect and several people here i think that kevin wilcox and the

contractor was baine and a joint venture old friends lots work together this city is fortunate to have those kinds of professionals here and to make sure those kinds of things happy mr. mayor couldn't have been possible your department focused and the mayor's office of housing, ocii, olsen lee and pam is here, eqt and tiffany bohe those people have raised their hands thank you for getting those kind of things and the city public health department margo, housing authority my old colleague barbara smith and nicole is very helpful always also want to

notwithstanding my nonprofit the bayview hunters point multi purpose team center they're our nonprofit partners development partner they're providing the social services >> (clapping.) >> placing a big role and kathy davis for being a spiritual and business partner and helping to get things done i want to the people i want to acknowledge last are just you know we're managing to property and stephanie is the project manager but the people that spent day to day everyday working on getting this project done from our staff inform o from mccormick and salazar are here. >> (clapping.) >> there he is stand up. >> >> (clapping.) >> i'm telling you that is one

of the senate it more intelligent tallest handsome it dbi a great asset to san francisco and hans and flores is also here i want to thank all those individuals for giving everything they have lastly i'm hopefully and i pray that dr. davis is looking down on us today and is pleased with what he sees i'm hopeful that i and all the professionals i introduced you to i hope we exceeded his exceptions because we worked hard not just getting him his vision but to steady his vision and finally, i want to wish good health and much

happiness to the seniors that entered this live building and live here and thank the city mr. mayor for the opportunity to bring any skills to our house thank you all. >> >> (clapping.) >> and, of course, this structure and all of the efforts made by all the people that tony described and in particular, the city had to be a reach out to the private sector and reaching ousted out to the private sector is the easiest when someone who retired yesterday and moved on to a private sector but still owe you (laughter) fred blackwell owes us. (laughter) and fred blackwell stepped up when duty called had the san francisco did side needed money

fred blackwell >> you didn't show up last night (laughter) thank you for that great introduction it is really a pleasure to be as mayor willie brown is referred to a bunch of people you can see when you look at this kathy and the team and mccormick and salazar pay attention whether that was the paint, the design, the kitchen, the unit the courtyard it is a fabulous this but not what i want to talk about i want to talk about is what you don't see in terms of candidates that were made here because kathy davis knew a few things about, about how this project needs to move forward and one of the things she knew was that just because a building looks at good just because it is

affordable just because it has great services and well-designed didn't necessarily mean it is good for the community what she knew was that when the people moved in and built this that if they are that not participating in building if at the doesn't see it is theirs if the people who lived through the years of challenge in the bayview this would be a monument to look at all the good stuff not for you. >> so kathy before the financing was in place, before the first dirty was turned for the groundbreaking was working on making sure this was a building that was a project that represented what bayview wanted to see and that would be viewed

as something that was theirs she did aggressive outreach and worked to fine the certificate of preference holders that was done wrong prior the project and moved from the city and didn't have the opportunity to participate in. >> (clapping.) >> and benefit from projects in the western edition 9 bayview she came to us and asked for support to do legal analysis to do how far to do the outreach and make it specific without breaking the law okay. >> (clapping.) >> and she worked with the board of supervisors to even pass policies that allows for neighborhood preferences to be put in place so when the housing opened that state be reflective like i look at the community she knew would benefit. >> (clapping.) >> so it is for that i actually thank kathy and the

team and everybody visions and hard working to this is something people participate and benefit from i don't quote rappers but my jordan song this is how we do it and other folks that are thinking about doing these things in the future thank you . >> (clapping.) >> you know, i knew he wouldn't be able to finish his remarks without calling on-stage rappers he wanted to be a stage rapper not the executive on any of those things if you can't find him anyone someone is performing go to a web performances this is one dedicated musician (laughter) talented we really think your

decency to the thrown clearly has been a great benefit 0 not to just for me but all the community you came from having one agencies and some agencies and housing in san francisco and mayor ed lee is fortunate to have you and to have your friendship with kathy davis he was in the way it has simply means it is now time for us to hear from the woman who gives the orders kathy davis >> (clapping.) >> (yelling). >> >> (clapping.)

>> thanks everybody and first of all, i want to thank the board of directors who gave me it wonderful job any second favorite my first is being mrs. davis today, i get to be mr. davis and thank you to the board for giving me that opportunity and thank you the amazing staff that pulls out of no where those events and things we do and brings the heart and love so thank you to all the staff you make it happen not really me only give the orders as former mayor willie brown said and thank you to former mayor willie brown the wind beneath the agencies wings you again make the groundbreaking you never go into the hospital and that one day you are in the hospital so we didn't get to give you our

award mayor willie brown. our groundbreaking thank you award >> (clapping.) >> because you're the one mr. mayor and totally appreciate it and say we'll wait to the grand opening to give you yours. >> thank you thank you >> (clapping.) >> okay i have to run really fast we're supposed to be done by 11 it may not happy first of all, the district attorney's office family is in the house raise your hand davis family there they are my brother-in-law from las vegas my brother from orlando any brother here from north carolina any grandkids they sponsored their uncle george their gather and thank

you for that also want to thank any metropolitan church family they've operated i want to thank and my church family for having my back every time he go into a church crying they pray for me thank you i want to acknowledge the people who built this building who did a beautiful amazing job 5 architects later and thousands of meetings a lot of harassment by the way, we got where we needed to go together and they always held together on the dream so thank you, tony i want to thank the former people and thank the nibbi brothers brothers and bob and bayview hunters point came out to do something good and the architect david barker and others we had a lot of love powdered into this

building and thank the guys in the trenches that actually built this sam adam the one guy it started and end this job thank you, sam whenever you are appreciate you from the last day he was here and want to thank and we have lots of them to thank my partners from the headstart and ocii and ocii what is the chopper leaders and always cheering we on and thank you for the bureaucratic work they had to do not easy didn't make it any easier thank you for making it happen he know it is hard and challenging and fought a lot of battles we're here and i really want to thank you for helping us and latest olsen lee made the promise to dr. davis

yes, we may or may not will make it happen and he didn't we have wonderful neighbors great in bayview hunters point across the street is condo owners that support us in everything we do for the 58 and 59 thirtdz neighbors and ashbury fortune and they're giving us discount for the seniors and comcast helping the seniors and my best friend rick hollywood kathy you need money for groundbreaking here's a check you can't get a better friend now rick you'll be everybody's friend thank you for that i also wanted to talk about the housing advocacy for the foundation helped us to look at everything so try to get the neighborhood in this building

and besides fred and the san francisco foundation there will be two guys working from the mayor's office that constantly helped me gave me hope he couldn't figure out what to do they have my back and that's miller and his buddy paul henson and running for judge vote for the man he's great so paul used to have a lot of confuses what could we do what is possible with an all those you know bureaucratic nightmares and i really couldn't have been possible also 0 on the advocate we have the president of the board of supervisors supervisor president london breed and you don't get any tougher. >> (clapping.) >> or more dedicated about housing than london breed she fought hard-put her

political will out there and got the neighborhood frankly for the community we didn't get it for this one but got one more the willie academy part-time because of here and supervisor cowen and supervisor wiener those 3 worked out together and made that happen political will is what it takes you introduce have to time to do it i appreciate that london you did an awful job we're excited to say in the next week applications at rosa parks two it is now called willie kaend senior apartments so i want to see all the seniors we had like 4 thousand people applied not everybody was in these and we'll put on the next listless we're looking for certificate of preference holders and then a 3 week

process for everybody that didn't know we applies in october if you didn't get the application period our used you have to pay attention and do the work to get on is application lists i also want to thank sheree she's home ground bayview by the way, started the network for ever and now the director on the aging & adult services and in the western edition we appreciated you sherry re we're excited i know that supervisor cowen will talk about that the dignity fund and we're going to have a ballot measure we'll double the amount of money that goes to senior services ♪ notify you have to get behind that and supervisor cowen who stuck her neck out like supervisor president london breed and used some political

will to make that happen so we appreciate it supervisor cowen i know i've missed a lot of things i have so many things to say to thank people i want to thank all of the staff the volunteers and the seniors the seniors who stuck in there and filled out the applications and did all that work and made it all happen you're the reason we do what we do thank you. i know with very senior residents in the house if you're a senior resident raise your hand we'll will have more coming up we're excited to have them be here and i'll be - we have awards for people that helped us if you look at the back of the program it says is it takes a village to fulfill a dream we're grateful to those listed to help is from groundbreaking to ground opening

in this your name is on here we have something for you the seniors made our building happen we have an award we don't have time to give them out but the seniors to thank you. we have people like pam who from the beginning to end was always under there and pam you deserve 50 awards and thank you pam and everybody on the list i can't say all your names and forgot somebody i apologize but thank all the people on this list who helped us make this happen my husband and i this was something we wanted to see part of community and always about hope he was positive he gave us the vision and he never quit and what is here today is a testimony to dr. george davis

>> (clapping.) >> and what he said to me when we walked the vision i worried about he can't see he said we walk by faith not by sight that was george davis >> (clapping.) >> that was the man that taught me to do what i'm doing now and forever grateful to, his wife and thank all of you for this. >> (clapping.) >> malia cohen you have the worse job in the world but i

know you're able to do exactly that district 10 supervisor and for the last almost seven years 8 years, 6 years been working beyond (caltrain) i think mayor ed lee arranges for the train to interrupt me for some reason i don't know what it is but for the years that she served on the board been working with the board of directors on every call with kathy on every call and before that she was employed by the city and the newsom administration that was one of the items that eventual got go 45ed and ma lay was called on

and she's clearly in the neighborhood i met her loud and clear i was a student. (laughter) we were fellow students ladies and gentlemen, supervisor cowen. >> cleaver very, very clever. >> good afternoon family i think today please bear with us an opportunity to pour out our hearts to you particularly the district attorney's office family just to take a moment to express our gratitude. >> how much building app represents not only housing seniors people that are raised their children and grown in the community and raised their children in the community built by bayview hunters point community people

i mean it is credible i want to take a moment and recognize jeff adachi our public defender working hard and recognition shamann walton the vice president and eric brown if the mayor's office that deserves acknowledgment and acknowledge our housing authority representatives not the staff but the volunteer force behind it joyce armstrong thank you, very much. they're always with us every step of the way i've not seen this lady dr. honeycutt deserves recognition >> (clapping.) >> pam sims and i also want to recognize those guys out there and the

represented from the 58 and 4 nine hundred hoa that is in the buildings you know what they did they pooled their resources and made welcome kits for every single senior we'll be opening up today. >> (clapping.) >> so i'm absolutely happy and delighted and thrilled to be here at the grand opening of this incredible building named after a saint dr. george w davis one and 20 units that's no easy feet to be built one 20 in the bayview hunters point and mayor ed lee talked about his vision for rolling out and bringing the unit online that means nothing if you don't have the resources to buy and rent them and without the knowledge just two years ago

many of you were gathered is this spot dirt we have shovels if you look at behind me what two years difference a dream not mine personally i've inherited my role at the board of supervisors to carry the vision that dr. davis to the finish line and here we are this is kind of full fruition kathy sorry about that incredible partner the davis family should be proud of the accomplishment and the community kathy is a nuisance she calls you when i don't answer she'll text you early in the morning and late at nights that's the kind of nuisance we all need to be it gets things done this is a commitment that is your honor, wavering and it is because of this 11 of

commitment our community benefits and it means we are this building and some of the legislation we're bringing forward we're respectfully seniors people shoulders we stand on every single day day remember willie b kennedy a soldier for this community for many, many years many years so there are many things we've passed in the budget i'm excited to say we're going to have exercise classes kathy left nothing undone it means that young people and grandchildren will stay connected to their family something valuable you can i am part knowledge on your grandchildren another home this building it is what it is hits all the core tenants of the generational opportunities for everyone particularly calling out the african-american community the details reflects

african from the color palate of the building on the inside and outside to the structure to the lay out to the art that you'll find an opportunity for those of us part of africa to reenjoy and be glad history it represented. >> (clapping.) >> not only important we talk about the history but successful in area marking money to make sure we see an african presence in the bayview community and start to see physical when you can you go to north beach the italian flag but now along the corridor so. >> (clapping.) >> you know it is really i grew up here in san francisco and for that reason he work incredibly hard kathy briefly touched on the neighborhood displacement for those of you who don't know this legislation is paramount will change the face of not only the community

in san francisco but the entire parts of san francisco this means that 40 percent of everything built people from the neighborhood 40 percent. >> (clapping.) >> and that was not easy we all wanted to be close to 50 i think that was fred that said kathy davis city attorney dances in the line sdrairlgz to what is legal and illegal but a lot of people dancing with her thank you for helping us and supervisor president london breed's thank you for being my partner and insuring we got 40 percent of affordable units this community whose families have an opportunity to stay that's the real issue we feel in the community now the dignity fund you guys need to look for this is judges as for the dignity fund oath fight weeping we'll bring to the

voters it is simple if you live in the city and want to remain in the city you're a senior we'll set aside services you'll not be vulnerable a eviction no longer vulnerable to lacking services home support services food services and doesn't stop with the seniors community those with disabilities those are hepatitis positive will be benefiting our response we're hearing from the seniors and the disability community that is incredibly for the data shows that by 2030 over one hundred thousand seniors will be living with us we need to be prepared to age in place and show our love and commitment we're talking about $800 million over and over 20 years $800 million if that don't make you applaud that is a heck of a lot of money

so look for that on the ballot near i want to recognize dr. william walker celebrating 38 years in the community 38 years this man has served our community thank you very much and dr. church will has served us and millie nixon served us well on the board thank you. >> (clapping.) >> and i want to recognize a man that is been with the african-american community since day one a member of the board of supervisors since he's rent-controlled housing out his tenure as with the house with senator leno fighting for us advocating and saufrt us ever step of the way please welcome senator leno

. >> (clapping.) >> hi mark. >> all right. >> say hello to everyone quickly. >> mayor. >> all right. >> okay as worrying about will tell you everything is said not yet by everybody but i'll be brief. (laughter). >> dr. george davis was a mentor of mine and this day is all about him and all of those he led owe learned from dr. davis was in my public policymaking to be ever sensitive to our senior population all the reasons that we know but too often they've over looked i want to thank supervisor cowen for her dignity fund and asking the voter of san francisco to support our seniors not only in word but indeed

and at a time decades ago when the state was building more and more prisons and pga more and more allows alleyways to put more and more people behind bars for longer than percent is dr. davis was recognizing 90 percent of your cadets a inmates what becomes of them in the community he knew there is needed for x offender programs to support them and their families and they need housing as well and that is all about safer community few people saw that then it is now in fashion today, i learned a lot of from dr. davis and also learned from dr. davis never come between kathy davis and her vision and passion that's a dangerous cyclist place to be it's been a real pleasure

she called me and said shack dollars from the governor he he is closing down the agency i need need that money we have tens of millions of and thank you casket formal being on any head all but way. >> (clapping.) >> so i think we all recognize the foundation stone of what we're cutting is the power of love and it started with the love from dr. davis that he had and continues to have in his memory for this community and for the most vulnerable in this community and his love for his wife, and the love of his wife for him and his memory that is what got us to build 24 this and bring us to this ribbon cutting today i told kathy when they gave me a tour the other day i want to be

a leaf on the door tree of life and told me what it was going to cost me (laughter) kathy the check is in the mail you'll see my name on a leaf on the tree what a beautiful community and strength and compassionate and tenacity manifested ♪ community for all the right reason my thanks >> (clapping.) >> so kathy i know you have your bathroom walls covered with the operations i'm written to you but for the groundbreaking i'm here to complete the project today and love from the california state senate a resolution framed and i will spare you the witty

and whereas but united states resolve clause you and this community make the state of california so very proud in our ongoing never ending commitment to the low income seniors we thank you >> (clapping.) >> i don't have enough - >> mark thank you very much and i'm delighted i was in there looking at the leaves on the tree and didn't see your name i'll go back and look allergy know is that be there and some of the rest of you, you have to stop and take a look that tree grows bigger and bigger everyday he assume that will take over that whole wall but only if you make a donation and the amount of the donation can be whatever

it is you may make it and may not so be careful well the people that live here when kathy called and told me it is finished we got the certificate of occupancy i thought he really should said something to them walter come on up here, here is a man that lives. >> (clapping.) >> in that new george can davis senior housing walter. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. >> good afternoon. >> i stand in front of you this afternoon grateful and happy and thankful

i want to thank god for bringing me this far i want to thank mr. district attorney's office for his vision that i would have a place at 63 years old to come and live in a beautiful established place i mean, i'm so grateful i want to thank his wife ms. kathy the woman say, i can't say she's awesome and anything wrong around here i can talk to her and she'll give me a straight answer if i need furniture or anything they're there for me i want to thank the housing manager of this she is has been awesome in

everything about this building when it comes to the tenants she's very, very helpful and i love her to death i really do and as far as the bayview multiple purpose centering i want to thank ms. kimberly carter she made this possible did the paperwork a lot of it and make sure i got the birth certificates i want to thank everybody that had something to do with dr. davis this place is beautiful i don't plan on leaving this planning place for awhile i'm thankful god is so good so good. >> yeah. >> like identification born in

hunters point born and raised san francisco san francisco general hospital is 1953 lived in the bayview all my life and seen a lot of changes good things happening and god bless every single one of you and have ray a blessed day and enjoy your lovely building. >> (clapping.) >> i love it our lovely building (laughter) par walter that was fabulous one of the very first on the very first day and he lives here already i i have to tell you the reference to the neighbors who provided some move on tips ma and referred to if kathy had been looking at the other way i would have left and berryly i'll give you the microphone another

one of the residents. >> >> (clapping.) >> this one is better here. >> to the eloquent staff of the political arraign glubd to all of my brothers and sisters comblud we're here today not only a dream but there was a vision and from the vision here's the reality it was only a reality because there was a god

who saw fit and decided that was time for bayview hunters point to really come alive and enjoy some of the benefits that others are enjoying other places and it was done through a man who was compassionate, kind spirited, concerned and who knew the road be rough and touch but he could travel that he had the lord to carry him along and because of that his spirit looks at over us today to look at this beautiful edifies that has been built and this is in memory of dr. george davis and we want to thank the lord for giving george davis kathy davis

>> (clapping.) >> because beside every good man is a better woman (laughter) >> (clapping.) >> and because of kathy his dream is now a reality and seniors let me tell you something thank the mayor he's blessing you, you need to be thankful for kathy for the board, for the people of the community and for the government for looking at for you we need to go to the polls and vote and get out of those houses and get away from the television and let's get out and do our job now we got started and not going to stop let's get together and go

to work. >> (clapping.) >> for those of you who don't know she ran a training program for bernie sanders (laughter) reverend we're almost ready to do the ribbon cutting but we would be rim in our interviews and our community we open with prayer and we will close in prayer from the bayview seniors reverend paul. >> thank you >> (clapping.) >> amen everybody what we're saying i'd like to do first of all, it is enforceable to thank everyone a couple of

names not called i'm going to call out and thank for their contributions mr. shane walker and leila bridges and mr. al williams >> (clapping.) >> you see a lot of times to accomplish great things it takes people to do a lot of little things and if we missed anyone because we know that every effort you put forward from the staff from the politicians your prayers everything makes a difference we want to take that time to thank you and give you yourselves a round of applause we're going to pray now father god first of all, we want to thank you for the vision we want to thank you for the vision requires we want to thank you. we know that only because of you that that vision was

received and father god as we go to cut that ribbon father god this is a great accomplishment you given a vision that is a lot berlin that father god the vision of a angling campus as vision that changes thanks changes for seniors in the san francisco bay area and know this day on this die we'll be rejoicing because the best is yet to come and father god question started with one building we know that you have allowed us to build the courage for me thank you, thank you, thank you and father god continue to bless and love every single last one amen . >> (clapping.) >> and now if all those of would you who are part of this ceremony i believe the ribbon

cutting is next if you'll follow the leads provided by kathy davis as we all should do that. >> (singing.) >> (clapping.) >> 3, 2, 1 go. >> shop and dine the 49 promotes local businesses and changes san

franciscans to do their shopping and dooipg within the 49 square miles by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant so where will you shop and dine the 49 hi in my mind a ms. medina .

>> good morning great to see all those yellow shirts out there today my name is miami the director of planning department staff and my great honor to be preparing this today and

presenting liz for for those of you who don't know who liz is liz is a living innovation zone which this is the second of several that will be installed in the city we're grateful for the administration and many, many department who have had a part in making this happen before i make comments let me introduce the mayor the mayor is a huge supporter and asked us to be experimental how relook at our public spaces in the city to make sure in their engaging to everyone and play with ideas how to engage hope o people in the city and make them lively and safe it is my great pleasure to introduce mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> thank you miami our director of planning good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> welcome to liz our notation

zone before i say anything let me express our city's condolences and just really the heroic event that happened in orlando remind us we need to continue to work on how diversity and even though people in oornld the lgbtq community is suffering tremendously i know we feel a lot here in san francisco we have a very strong lgbtq community in our city i want to again express our city's sorry so far what happened and also the need to ready do something about it in terms of pretending those weapons from people's hand but most importantly to celebrate the diversity in our city and i know that we're on the verbiage of

celebrating our provide in fact? pride month everybody yeah. >> (clapping.) >> this is what we need to do we want to do but need to do it also for the people of orlando whether in north carolina are mississippi or orlando or in san francisco we work and represent everyone in our community who we want to make sure they live full lives in our city and be safe at the same time speaking about safety that's part of the event today it is activating our united nations plaza but doing it in a way that celebrates a lot of thing that have gone on in our tenderloin and settlement for a number of years we've sought to revisit our my mind and the strand theatre just this year we opened

up the tenderloin museum thank you randy for being here today, we're just finishing touches and opening of valencia we have downtown streets. >> (clapping.) >> here they are with us a great revitalization organization there helping us to keep everything clean and doing the work to keeps everyone safe that's part of entire revitalization everyone is working in a lot of partnerships whether it is a community benefits district and reflective of the corps that have moved in to the my mind and having them participate and volunteer work and support with the community benefits agreement the merchants association along market street are the investment over 5 thousand 5 hundred new housing

unit in the longest corridor not great lessons we see a lot of did construction, in fact, when i was walking down here i thought those echo tuned were another sign of construction all of that in collaboration with a you are office of economic workforce development, our shrdz that were doing today how fix it teams and sandy at dpw are here. >> (clapping.) >> plaza when you say plazas you mean reply they're here they got a big victory on tuesday with the dedicated fund for the park in fact, we're putting temple million dollars 0 into the children playground up 9 block that's going 101 to be an existing investment. >> (clapping.) >> all of this means many, many more combrupz u group the

government agencies the nonprofits the community organizations the people probation officer who are serving food address providing services we're all accounting or working together to make sure we're collaboratively but also bringing and lifting everyone else up not to isolate people and have them on thanking their own but notify them into all the services we have and certainly reducing people that need a reason to many live on the streets and activating our open spaces and plaza for everyone that is the most important theme coming today know that our planning department and working with all of the different agencies really are concerned about the use of our public realms they're not isolated places for people that just stick around are hang around but

activated and belonging to everyone and people should not feel you think safe in all the public places everyone should be welcomed as long as their invite everyone to be participating and working not only our police department is working with us but working with the bart controls and work with our ambassador programs, they're now will be working with the stewards that are making sure that our installations in this entire plaza are kept clean and useful for everyone how many people have tried to swing yet anyone all right. got to get young and noovlt well, that innovation zone is part of private-public segment for everyone on the entire stretch of market street our fire department address a is out there if you have an idea

whether playing the piano or having an echo tube or other sounds like probation officers that people and children we're having a museum to walk to and having people guide everyone to where decree want to go and see this exciting civic center our you understand plaza this is a place for everyone this is why we put in over $200 million in our whole street civic center rather than to make sure that by the keep our streets not only clean and staff by inviting and useable by everyone this is a city that is for everyone and want to make sure our open spaces 19 are used and welcomed by everyone and we'll continue doing everything we can in partnerships with everyone whether your representing people

that are living in the lowest sros in the tenderloin or the modern housing that is built or in the low income and middle-income housing we're starting to there or artist spaces we're trying to make sure that we have that has part of the our development all the time and rehab agreement all of this the united nations plaza is excited thank you to all the partners that have with us that continue to work with i see our cd and activist who are here as well and the food trucks are here so you don't go hungry when our playing and working at the same time this is our space of interaction the center and heart of the city i want to make sure it is safe and cleaning around the area of fulsome up to city hall the whether it is all the

sides of market or on hyde street all of that area needs a good touch up and more eyes and making sure that everyone is safe especially the kids and children i want more o more people to get into the tenderloin museum and 826 van ness technology center at the main library for all the youth i just bumped into the larger than he's on his way to another meeting his existed our new asian art museum more hours telethon before and making more money guess what people are coming to all those events we'll do more of those kicks off zones to activate and invite more people so thank you all for joining us it is another i think reflection of how all of our agencies want to work together to create an atmosphere of not

just safety and public realms that work for us but just ideas of how to notch with each other wear sitting down and having lunch we'll talk about the next notation idea to keep this city growing it is ultimately going to be how very share with each other and use the diversity to keep the strength of our city and by the end of the month we'll have a green pride parade and pride celebration oriental all right. thank you all for being here. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, mr. mayor appreciate our comments my great pleasure to introduce supervisor jane kim supervisor kim has been a great insert of activating our public spaces we appreciate her being hero today supervisor kim.

>> (clapping.) >> thank you john rahaim about exactly a year ago that the mayor and i were at the ribbon cutting for the event across the street that symptoms the reinvestment so many entities into this neighborhood here in the un plaza at the injunction of many of our neighborhoods the tenderloin, middle-income and south beach and hayes valley and actually interesting for the city a site of multiple jurisdiction i see the draept department of real estate and rec and park and public works are here that a have ownership over the site and open space is incredibly important for our neighborhoods i talk about this often the district i represent the few it and small i did parks of any district we're one of the faster and the densest and as you may know one filed with

families in the tenderloin neighborhood a growing senior population other activation of faces like the united nations plaza continue to build our community here in the neighborhood and bring together a very diverse cross section of what makes this city san francisco self-interest and so so i want to acknowledge the many emptied that are engaged in making this neighborhood safer and healthier we have many of the private sectors comboitsz twitter i think to create says to technology no our neighborhood and the mayor mentioned valencia and one of the most problematic former liquor store sites in the neighborhood and as we talk about public works we have the nonprofit likes the downtown street team that continues to do more work thank you. >> (clapping.) >> for making our neighborhood healthier i love seeing you when

i walk to city hall from my home there is so much to be proud of working with the exploratorium and the planning department staff it is as challenge to figure out how to open our spaces to the public so that all member of our community feel comfortable light and air and ownership our open space public space i love the zone created a pilot they will fouthsd ways to have diverse parts of our city come together and feel comfortable ownership our public space and really creating things for our city i do want to thank the planning department on activating our public space and funds and in a fun way but acknowledging so many people worked to make this neighborhood a reality thank you. >> (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor. >> thank you again for being

here this is who was involved in making this happen i think we all know this is one of the most important spades that was created many years ago and the goal here to try to recognize the importance of this space to recognize that it needs to be welcoming to everyone and frankly have fun so the idea of a living notation zone a temporary installation that people, interact with the space and be safe and be interact were 35e7 e people many may not be like them this is a great testament a great series of partnerships that made is this possible and frankly we learn more anyhow or how to activate public space and move forward an educational process at the same time this is not possible without a series oath very important partnerships first, i want to thank the

exploratorium that actually constructed this incredible installation today, i know that period of time from the amount will be here they are a fantastic partner in all the work and unbelievably, and, secondly, i want to thank the hunters point family involved in helping us maintain 24 that is a thank you for your work and maintaining this space and, of course, the downtown street team thank you very much for being here. >> (clapping.) >> helping the spaces active it takes a family to pull those things off thank you for being part find our family i want to thank my clarifications the other department heads i'll recognition each of them before i do i want to take a moment to recognize the passing of carla

johnson the director of the mayor's office on disability she was a tireless advocate for the people and her office was involved make sure that the disabled can interact search warrant us and i want to take a moment to recognize carr la and her fingertip are all over this we thank her so much for that all of that. >> (clapping.) >> so let me take a moment if i could to recognize a lot of people some of many are standing nd me oil shortly introduce steve from the exploratorium but i do you may give maybe i should put my glasses on first of all, the unplaza stakeholder with the general services administration, the art constitute faefrmz thank you so much.

>> the downtown streets team i've mentioned the civic center initiative john updyke we've started in the planning department creating a partnership with the entities to create a plan for not plaza with our partners with the receptionist so this project will be an important learning tool moving forward with that plan i want to take a motel moment to recollection phil ginsburg from the rec and park department. >> (clapping.) >> the department of public works had a major role mohammed nuru couldn't be here but simon from the public works is here thank you very much simon and naomi kelly from the city offices and todd from the office of economic workforce development. >> (clapping.) >> sandy who i think you've heard here the mayors no fix it

team director. >> (clapping.) >> and finally bearing if the department of public health as you can see this is an important effort for all of us and a major way to collaborate and learning and moving forward and activating our public victimized so finally lemon introduce steve from the tomorrow and a wonderful collaborate our on this process steve. >> hello, everybody hemming try to adjust this. >> there we go. >> okay hi, i'm steve i'm the project director if a the "x" turn studio for public spaces (yeah) >> (clapping.) >> i work for a team 3

designed and built this installation worked with many people and partners and shops and facilities within san francisco to make that happen our amazing partners i'd like to thank john rahaim and the planning department for bringing us into the living zone process and they were i think structural in making this happen we built the first phase along market street in mid-market and you might have seen it it is to see 0 kre9s listings vessels that stand in each vessel and talk to each other over 50 feet when we first starting work on that we noticed people were psa through not geographical with each and everyone and the world around them this is a non-exploratorium behavior we

hope to change that we constructed the listing vessels and noticed new behaviors we noticed people getting up to help to explain the exhibit and people stopping and looking around when unfamiliar solicitation came into their head and stopped to figure out what of the going on we noticed a group of tourist lined up in one dish waiting to talk to a lady smoke a cigarette in another dish we were existed about those types of behaviors par our studio director couldn't be here he likes to call those wrecking balls for a social normal we're excited about bringing the exploratorium into public spaces for free and bam a civic partner so -

>> (clapping.) >> so about a year ago we started talking with the planning department to look at un plaza and we realized this space is tackling a set of issues compared to middle-income like the you understand this plaza it is nexus for a difference community the tenderloin has the highest concentration of children if san francisco 70 with 35 hundred children living within a few square miles the neighborhood has some of the hoist rent coupled with at&t the highest contraption of protecting housing those are spretd groups in the milking with each we'll to change that it requires a community effort and luckily a dedicated group of organizations that are already working to change un plaza i'd like to give a few thought just.

>> shout out for making this project a reality first of all, san francisco planning for bringing us into the living zone program and providing grant and health and navigating accident primarily process and the rec and park department for groont us the permits to work on the land. >> (clapping.) >> the office of economic workforce development for providing extra fund for lighting the plaza. >> (clapping.) >> the department of public works for keeping the place looking great and for helping us install the electrical we worked with the electricians . >> (clapping.) >> the the mayor's office of civic notation for getting this off the ground in program started. >> (clapping.) >> and the mayor's office on

disability for reviewing the drawings and making this assessable for everyone. >> (clapping.) >> the san francisco police department for keeping this neighborhood safe. >> (clapping.) >> and the downtown streets team who petroleum tons of trash and needles every morning. >> (clapping.) >> the community ambassadors program for coping this place friendly. >> (clapping.) >> and the heart of city the farmer's market and the gift gallery to bring people into space everyday. >> (clapping.) >> there's a group called curing without worry they serve up informed and off the grid for organizing the trucks and the plaza last but not least i'd like to thank hunters point family for helping maintain this exhibition

and keep it safe and going forward. >> (clapping.) >> so un plaza is successful during dos events how do we bring overseeing diverse consultant together especially times between the event we took inspiration from the exploratorium exhibit to connect people are experiences those massive aluminum chimneys behind me are turn down to resonate when played together they sound or sound role good if you look at over there the 3 giant echo townhouses their an k3 turn farther 3 of them are open on both ended they encourage people to play inside of the echo area the exhibit over there is called

ticktock like giant metronomes you can make richldz as our parking garages through the pates space and behind you a pit of gravel and it tests our ability to walk across a graveled path creating air for the bystanders i want to point out those exhibit might look finished it is a prototype and there in lies the important impact not a two year installation but a long term excerpt how to plan a envision and city it is the envision for a participatory public space a general active place where new ideas and dialogue can to that we want people to make the city

through acts of curiosity and hope you enjoy the comments now let's go and experiment together. >> (clapping.) >> auto (yeah). >> thank you, steve and the "x" turn a couple more people to thank and play with the stuff thanks to the community grant for the arts that actually granted a big grant to make that happen thank you so much for those organizations and, of course, last but not least i need to thank my own staff paul and kathy who are here together over here. >> (clapping.) >> really heavily involved additional across the city with the mayor's office of notation thank you and for all the groupies on the public space you know this name neil standing behind me passion for this work

is unmatched >> (clapping.) >> neil is constantly pushing me to do more budgeted budget more and more the result we have a other than use it is steroid thank you all and have a great day and joy the exhibit and stay more involved. >> (clapping.) >> >> all right. are redoing a count down

>>[gavel] >> the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee for thursday, july 7, 2016. i'm supervisor norman yee vice chair of the committee today's meeting i'm joined by supervisor scott weiner good the committee clerk is erica meijer. the committee would also like to acknowledge the that that sfgov tv winnowed the asus and jim smith who recorded each of its meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to sounds all cell phones electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the july 19 board of supervisors

agenda. >> okay. before we begin can we have a motion to excuse supervisor peskin and supervisor breed? so we will with no objections the motion passes >>[gavel] >> mdm. clerk these: item the first item >> yes. item number one, >>[reading code] it >> thank you. i would like to hand this off to supervisor weiner the sponsor of this legislation. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and thank you for agenda icing this important piece of land to legislation today. this legislation will be a significant step forward in our continuing quest to bring

our lgbt community out of the shadows, into the sunlight and to make sure that we have all the information we need about our diverse community. the history of the lgbt community is a history of fighting against invisibility. back to as long as there's been lgbt people, society has been trying to push us into the shadows and into the closet pretending that we don't exist. and trying to make sure that we are not fully part of society. our fight for centuries or millennia, has been to not be invisible. to make sure that people know we are here, that we are part of society. without data, we cannot fully be part of society get we cannot have that full visibility. we know that the lgbt community faces significant

and disproportionate challenges relative to society at large regarding poverty, suicide, isolation, substance abuse, mental health and violence. there significant disparities with respect to the lgbt community and many of our health and safety challenges. currently, there is no law in san francisco requiring that our city departments contractors or grantees that provide direct services to san francisco that collect information about sexual orientation and agenda gender identity. there's no requirement whatsoever. there required to collect data for other demographic data is not for our community. so, in general, we don't know how many lgbt people are accessing particular services. we don't know if there are services that are not culturally competent as reflected by a lack of lgbt participation. we don't know if

this particular services that have a large number of lgbt people participating which tells us something about the needs of our community. so, this ordinance will require city dependence and contractors that provide healthcare and social services to our residents to seek collect and analyze data concerning the sexual orientation and gender identity of their clients. of course, clients while the right not to provide that data but our departments and nonprofit partners will have to ask for it. the legislation mr. chairman, was based on a recommendation by the lgbt 18 policy task force which as you will recall, was created by myself and supervisors campos and-in 2012. the legislation the task force met for a year and haven't made a series of recommendations to the board of

supervisors to meet the needs of lgbt zenith. the first recommendation we adopted as legislation and that i authored with the lgbt senior bill of rights for people living and long-term care the sorties. we have also obtained significant budget funding to fund recommendations of the path task force. this legislation is the next that in implementing the lgbt 18 policy task force's recommendations. the legislation applies to san francisco department of public health department to services, san francisco department of children and youth and families. department of aging and adult services and the mayors office of housing and community development. within 24 months of the operative date of the legislation, each department was amid a report to the city administrator including analysis of this data and identifying all services

and programs with lgbt people are underrepresented along with a plan to make sure that the services and programs are more accessible to the lgbt community and more culturally competent. i also want to acknowledge that our assembly member and former colleague david chiu offered similar legislation at the state level last year that gov. brown signed into law. gov. brown has vetoed that law previously and was a great step forward that assembly member mr. chu was able to move it for. this legislation makes, women's assembly member choose work. mr. chairman, this legislation will help improve our outreach to support of all members of our community particularly the most vulnerable. and i ask for your support. we do have a few presentations today. first, i want to invite up dr. marcy eight woman who is a member of the lgbt 18 task force and i want to thank dr. aleman because she really was one of the people who came to me and to supervisors campos and-4-5 years ago asking us for help

and telling us, hey, when not doing we need to for lgbt seniors and so was in some ways her brainchild to do this task force oh dr. aleman, welcome >> thank you supervisor wiener for that introduction and thank you for being such a leader on the needs and services of lgbt seniors in san francisco. the lgbt 18 policy task force which convened in 2012 and ended in march of 2014 was charged with coming up with recommendations around service gaps and service needs for lgbt senior secured in san francisco. to that end, of course the first thing we needed to do as the task force was to collect whatever data the city had and once we did that we realized we had a wonderful report given to us

but we realized as much as is important as the report was for the data it provided was how little data there was. so, we set out to have another study, have a study done, and do focus groups in order to provide the task force with the meaningful information that they would need to make recommendations. you know, for me who has worked in decades for the field of lgbt aging this was another example of having to use resources and time to-money and time to reinvent the wheel so that we could find out exactly what we needed to know to create the best policy and programs for our community. the task force took this to heart and realized that this was perhaps the most critical recommendation we could make. that critical recommendation was that the city mandate the collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data. now, we could have just gone out and said let's just

collect data for lgbt seniors, but that would have been poor judgment come i think at the end of the day because what we decided was that we would ask the city to collect data across departments, citywide good that way, [inaudible] lgbt seniors but seeing aging as a part of the lifecycle of lgbt people. so, that's what we have in this legislation. there's youth and families, there's adult, data that will be collected on seniors as well. this for the first time, will give san francisco the opportunity to create smart policy and programs not only for lgbt folks living in san francisco today but for generations to come. so, thank you again so much. >> thank you very much. dr.

800 now i want to call up nolan, who in addition to his role at the mta is-was this staff member at the department of aging and adult services worked with the task force, to publicly thank-for being unequivocally supportive of the task force in the very beginning as well is this legislation and working closely with us. so mr. nolan, he continues to work to move these items forward. so mr. known. >> thank you. is your chairman and supervisor weiner i'm very happy to be here this morning about the department of aging and adult services and total support of supervisor weiner's legislation and i'm joined this morning by the acting director of the department as look at inserting the lgbt community for many many years. in many ways wide variety of services we offer. the department has always been aware of the presence of the lgbt seniors and has supported a variety of efforts to assist them including number one, supporting creation of the lgbt

18 policy task was that supervisor weiner management contributing funding for the major way through the age of lgbt aging in the golden ticket the survey and focus groups that form the foundation for the lgbt passports recommendations provided and continues to provide sport that has forced now implanting this recommendation and the department is and was a key supporter [inaudible] verse in the kind in the nation bill of rights for lgbt and secondly, were currently about relating to proposals to provide culturally probate services for lgbt individuals around dementia care and isolation. there, and also funds lgbt cultural sensitivity and humility training in concert with the department of human resource. when the major findings of the passports was many lgbt seniors particularly those we see in baby boomers either extends determination or

fear of it. still because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. thus, for some people back in the closet making it difficult if not impossible for agents to provide culturally sensitive and appropriate service. supervisor weiner's legislation is a big step forward. the first, google more than anecdotal information about the population and simply second simply asking the question will send a welcoming signal to lgbt seniors in vinton we are are enthusiastically supportive of this legislation. thank you. >> thank you very much. finally, i want to-sorry. again, i recognize in some of the david chiu's work at the state level. >> hello. thanks very much for having us here to get i'm katie-gunbattle assembly member david should these ugly member is in full support of supervisor weiner's legislative last year he's only member

offered 80 ab--[inaudible] they did as they will level that supervisor weiner seeks to do at the local level. to better distribute government funding and resource to address needs in the lgbt community. the community counted [inaudible] window from data collected on nonprofit sister does exist in the lgbt community. lgbt individuals are more likely to pay certain health disparities faced difficulty in finding and keeping housing and many other challenges than their straight counterparts. however with aggregated dad both used at the local and state government level we can being in sight into the disparities that exist and effectively allocate resources to address these issues. we know this data will save lives help us target scarce budget resources achieve true in quality this ugly member's the board of supervisors will support it. thank you. >> thank you very much. richard chairman, if we may i like to open this up for public comment >> first of all, thank you for

being in this legislation to us. i think the five departments that have been identified makes a lot of sense. i am just curious, was there any discussion or in regards to possibly looking at hsa? also because as you know, they serve a lot of the low income and the foster kids and there's a substantial population around that. >> the hsa is part of this. i think it was referred to as the department of human services but that's the same thing as human services agency. i guess department of human services-is that the official name? okay. yes so hsa is part of this just under its official name >> okay. i see that. >> if you look on page 3, line 6 definitions of departments,

dph, department of human services, dos, the cys and moh cd. >> thank. >> i will say the youth commission did come to us and as we include the juvenile probation department as well and we did reach out and we've had discussions with the juvenile probation department, with the city attorney. thus some tricky issues there around youth confidentiality and the criminal justice system. so, we have asked the youth commission to work directly with department of gen. probation to come up with some ideas and if were able to do that i will it's my intention to carry that as a trailing legislation. >> thank you. >> without mr. chairman, if we may open it up to public comment did i want public comment card. is there any public comment on item 1? please, come forward. >> good morning supervisors.

i'm ashley, executive director of meals on wheels of san francisco. i also sfgov tv you today as a former member of the lgbt 18 policy task force and look alongside my colleagues. i think dr. aleman appropriately stated that our work has to be driven by data and that was one of the first recommendations that came out of the task force. but i actually want to speak you on behalf of being a leader of an agency in my experience with this ordinance and collecting data. i arrived at meals on wheels on in 2007 and as a gay man, when the first questions i asked of my team is, how many lgbt people do we serve? in fact, we do not know. then, i asked her why and ultimately to a long conversation we realize how important it was restarted to collect this data immediately.

most people know meals on wheels as neil do what we are is a service provider in homes with supportive services. you cannot do that without trust. so beyond knowing whether or not we are serving people the right way, whether or not we should be changing operatives in the future, the biggest reason to support this ordinance is we have to build trust with all of our clients. this ordinance goes a long way to sending that signal from the very first interaction with any client in any department. so i want to thank supervisor weiner and also supervisor campos but their support of the lgbt 18 policy task force and thank you for moving this forward. >> thank you. next speaker. >> mr. chairman and supervisor weiner my name is keith baraka. on the from the san francisco fire department and the reason why i'm here to make a

statement today is because for some of the same reasons that dr. aleman mentioned that we don't have information that we need to make sure our fire department reflects our community. it's been determined long ago that we best serve our city by having a department that is comprised of folks that are commensurate with our population are we can collect data on race, for instance, whether people are african-american, native american married filipino and such, but we are hands are tied when it comes to the collection of data on lgbt members. so i think this is a opportunity to also address the concerns that we-that i have had that sf rescue him player resource organization has had with the department and finding out how we can better determine with the numbers are for the fire department. so i believe it would be great if this measure could also cover departments

for blic safety like the fire department. that's the statement i would like to make and i think that again, this is a great opportunity for us to voluntarily collect information so we can better our fire department. thank you. >> are you referring to employment? >> yes. >> thank you to this of the first am hearing of this but this legislation focuses on services that are provided to members of the community. this is not require any department to collect employment related data that is obviously a significant issue could i agree with you 100%, but that's-it's important but separate issue from what this legislation is about. about collecting data on provision of health and human services, or services to residents of san francisco. so the employment issue is

important, but it's not-it's not the scope of this legislation but thank you for raising that issue because we do need information about how many lgbt people there are in the fire department come in the police department. frankly, in a number of different departments because we know we want our first responders to be as diverse as our city is. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[gavel] >> i just want to say, again, i fully support this legislation. i've done hot-i've been in struggles for trying to get data for other aspects throughout my life and we know how important it is to collect this type of data so that we can actually see what kind of services are provided, who is getting it and when we do an

analysis that indeed, there certain groups that are not getting their fair share of services that the city could make some adjustments. whether, in the past, and no data was ever collected, whether it's about age or gender or ethnicity or language. these things have [inaudible] over decades and i think this is important as any of those other categories. so, given that, if you don't mind, the author of this legislation whether i could be added as a cosponsor? >> that would be great. thank you mr. chairman. yes. i'm happy to have you as a cosponsor. thank you. so, again thank you to the members of the public and to our department and task force presenters for the dialogue today. this is important legislation to improve

the visibility of our lgbt community and to make sure that as we provide critical health and human services to summon the most marginalized members of our community, that we are doing so in a knowledgeable and culturally competent way and that cultural competence does not just exist in some nonprofits were some agencies but universally. this legislation will help us to do that. so, mr. chairman, i move that we forward item 1 to the full board of supervisors with a positive recommendation. >> okay. no objection to motion passes >>[gavel] >> thank you. mdm. clerk item number two >> item number two, >>[reading code] >> okay. thank you. i call this hearing today to get a better understanding of the city's actions and procedures regarding a winning place on the

pentecost church also known as a place to meet jesus. the voice of the pentecost church owned the el rey theater, a historic theater located on ocean avenue in district 7. the city had a lien on the voice of the pentecost for not being able to pay rent for space on treasure island. earlier this year we learned through the press that the theater was foreclosed upon and auctioned off on a front steps of city hall for $1.06 million. what is perplexing to me is how this property could have been sold without the city's knowledge, especially given that we had a lien against the property owner. furthermore, the el rey theater was also identified as part of the office of academic workforce of almonds neighborhood asset activation

program and is currently ongoing the community when marking process. i want to ensure that there is transparency in what transpired because we are not only lost money owed to the city but we also lost a beloved el rey theater to a new entity who as of now has not been responsive to the community. the purpose of today's hearing is to shed light on what exactly happened and to see if there are measures we can take to increase communication and possibly seize these opportunities in the future. so, the first presenter i would like to invite is bob back, treasure island director. bob, please come up to the podium. >> thank you by chair yee supervisor weiner. bob back with the treasure island development authority and the treasure island developing a 40 did have a lien against the el

rey theater. as you said resulting from property that they had leased on treasure island in 2006-2007 timeframe. i will go through the history there a little bit. at the time of the foreclosure, we were actually in discussions with the voice of the pentecost about ways in which they might be able to discharge the obligation of the judgment that been rendered and we were as surprised as anyone that the potential for closure had not been raised as an issue in our discussions. but i will go through a little bit of the events that led to the judgment being filed and then kind of where we were earlier this year when we learned of the

foreclosure. so, the title was approached late 2004-early 2005 about leasing space on the island for the purposes of film production. on june 1 of 2005, voice of pentecost entered into a lease a leasewith one or 40,000 ft.2 and historical hanger three.for which they were paying a rent of $.12 a foot or little over $17,000 a month. that originally lease was close to run through march of 2006, with the options for up to five one-year extensions. beginning in january of 2006, the voice of the pentecost failed to pay their rent for that month. between january and march of 2006 treasure island made repeated demands for payment of the rent's due and the nonpayment of rent continued.

the voice of pentecost did make overtures to make certain improvements and repairs to hangar three in exchange for rent credits and requested the exercise of an option to extend through march of 2007. qaeda declined to extend the term or two exchange improvements for rent credits. at the end of march with the expiration of the lease and the nonpayment of rent, we sent a notice of default and termination to voice of pentecost. at that time, the accrued back rent were just over $55,000. from april through october of 2006, the voice of pentecost failed to vacate the premises and continued nonpayment of rent.

the city attorney during that time filed a unlawful detainer action on treasure island's behalf to vacate the property. in october of october 2006 the city attorney and counsel to the voice of pentecost negotiated a stipulated agreement under which voice of pentecost would make a payment of $90,000 by november 15 of 2006 and vacate the property by the end of 2006. but then voice of pentecost failed to make that november payment. so, in december the city attorney filed to enforce the stipulated agreement and the superior court entered a judgment on behalf of treasure island four winner $246,000 which is the accrued back rent interest and penalties at that time and the court ordered a 10% interest

per annum be applied to that balance. in january 10th of 2007, notice eviction was served and the locks on the sony were changed and in january and february of that year the voice of pentecost was offered opportunities to enter the building and recover property. at that time, communication between voice of pentecost and the city discontinued. there was no further communication between treasure island and voice of pentecost for a period of several years until 2014, december of 2014 when the voice of pentecost approached treasure island and specifically, myself, at this point i had joined treasure island to discuss the judgment against voice of pentecost and the lien that it placed against

the property on ocean avenue. with numerous conversations with course of 2015 and into early 2016 to discuss scenarios under which the voice of pentecost might satisfy or discharge their obligations under the judgment, or format for a settlement that johnck to recommend to the board of supervisors for approval. when in february of 2016 we learned also from reporters at the chronicle that the property had been sold, it auctioned by the lender in november of 2015--so if that point the lien against the property was extinguished with the sale. the judgment against voice of pentecost is still there and we remain open to dialogue with the voice of pentecost on how that judgment

might be satisfied, but we have not had further communication since february. when we are informed of the sale the property. >> so, at this point mr. back, there is no more opportunity to actually collect any of this from the voice of pentecost? >> i think the opportunity exists . however, the judgment is no longer secured by the lien against the property on ocean avenue. but the judgment against the voice of pentecost is still outstanding can however, we don't have any assets that been identified yet do we could attach. >> i am just curious, this is not completely related to this topic, but it is related. how

do you vet potential ec's? >> for vcs on the island they do provide certain financial information to show. credit worthiness for the leases that they are entering into. also, they are required to provide insurance for the facilities and property which they are leasing. which, in the case of this was a fairly substantial insurance policy that they covered under their umbrella coverage for their church and their facility on ocean avenue. >> i guess this is all hindsight stuff. what else could we have asked in terms of information that could have foreseen something like this happening?

>> yes. i think, you know, again, i don't know in detail the depth of the credit check that was done in 2005, but perhaps more in-depth credit check good also, we do carefully monitor and promptly send notices to tenants of nonpayment of rent so that we try to avoid the accrual of significant back charges of rent. so, we do try and stay on top of rent is there due to make sure that tenants are not falling into a situation where they have a large obligation accrued. >> so, you mentioned that you have attempted to reach out to them and communicate with and what actually have you done to do that? >> as i mentioned, over the course of 2015 we had a number

of conversations with representative of voice of pentecost. they represented that they do not have liquid assets to fulfill the obligation and so we were having alternative discussions about alternative ways in which they might be able to fulfill their debt obligation, including potentially allowing a portion of their facility on ocean avenue to be used for community-based organizations or other purposes. but, we did not-those conversations did not reach the point where we had a specific proposal to bring to the board of supervisors for consideration. >> when was the last medication with them? >> last medications i had with voice of pentecost was in january, just prior to worry about this we were having a dialogue and then, when i

communicated with them after learning about this, they said they would get back to us and we kind of have not had further to medications since then. >> is it worth trying one more time or two more times? >> i think we can continue to reach out to the voice of pentecost. my understanding is there current focus has been on trying to retain or reclaim their property if at all possible. if it's possible that the settlement of obligation could be part of a solution like that, we certainly are open to discussions. >> maybe this is for a question for the city attorney, but if we were to purchase it back are they still obligated to the lien?

>> that may be a question for the city attorney. i don't think the lien would snap back but i believe the lien could be placed against any asset whether it's this church or another real property that we were aware of. >> i'll ask the city attorney later i guess. well thank you for your presentation. i hope that you continue communicating with them and see what you could retrieve back from them. thank you. any questions? the next person i would like to ask to present it would be the city attorney by deputy city atty. john gibner >> deputy city attorney john gibner. i'm here today with two colleagues who have more background on this particular case is matthew rothschild is the head of our claims team and

virginia how also on our claims team. we are planning to just run through the background mr. back primarily ran through all of that good i'm not sure how much more we can add but certainly, in terms of answering your questions about how we got here in the unlawful detainer and the logistics of the lien, looking backward and looking forward, so i wonder if mr. rothschild can speak on the background and maybe ms. ho on the snapback question that you asked about the lien. >> that's fine. >> thank you. matthew rothchild chief of the claims division for the city attorney's office. and virginia

ho is a claims adjuster on the team who worked on the abstract and filing the lien in this matter. happy to answer your questions. >> so, what can we do legally in regards to if the church were to purchase or repurchase. is there anything we can do legally? >> well, i mean i would be speculating but we were, as bob said, we were in discussions with them and they were not exactly candid with us about they were not paying rent and they were about to foreclose on their mortgage. so come i think there's a lack of trust at the moment. i'm trying to be diplomatic because they do not cause they were not paying their mortgage. so there is that just as background. number two,

the city has always willing to consider to talk to people we are in litigation with or have judgments against to try to resolve it and what's in the interest of just. am sure we would always consider that. but, as we speak, we have a judgment. it is valid. it can be run in five years-every 10 years-after five years it can be renewed to add additional interest and we are entitled to the taxpayers are entitled to those funds. if they wish to, if the credit report is on a network that was to go forward our lien will show up. anything else to add? >> go ahead >> the lien is valid and if voice of pentecost decided to the purchase, if they need to refinance or get a loan, it would show on the credit reports and have to pay the city first before the loan would go through.

>> i mean, i am just-i guess where the committee and myself including, asking questions how did this happen? this would've happened without anyone noticing? can you think of-what can we do legally or are their suggestions in terms of policies where we can maybe strengthen this so this does not happen again? >> well they could have paid their rent to treasure island and they would not be in this position. what were they could have during the time when they were not paying the rent on fisher island they could've tried to renegotiate the lease for what they could afford to pay or when there was an opportunity to work with them in 2014, when the lien was renewed, we did send them a document as required to under

the law, that we are about to renew the lien and they could've come forward at that time and i'm sure if they had come forward with pain the principle that was do we certainly would've looked at that kindly. but they did not do that. >> yes. so, regardless of this particular situation, in terms of having entities of foreclose like this and none of us knowing that this was going to happen or happened, is there something the city can do to require maybe the banks to let us know? i just want this to be a recurring-spit >> debbie city attornejohn gibner again. that's a question that we just started looking to add your request supervisor, and i think the best way

forward is for my office, perhaps mr. rothschild are probably others on our real estate team to continue look into what's possible. there are some are sections under state law that a hamstring us, and then report back to you about what options are might be to pursue legislation on this topic. >> do you have a comment on this? >> happy to work with you on a timeline. the person who will would handle this is out of the office this week. so i could not talk to him in advance of this meeting to figure out kind of what how complicated this task will be but, i will i'm happy to talk with you later this week, next week, to figure out a specific, so we can give you some options. >> okay. >> just been added, supervisor, we learned about the foreclosure at the same time you did. in the newspaper

it was sold at christmas at the steps of city hall. we were hoping that there will be funds available for the city to collect somewhat on eileen. there was not. so, we were as disappointed as you are. i do think there are-i agree with, john and we will research for you i think there are some state preemption issues about entities that don't pay their rent and there's foreclosure in city hall. i don't know that the city can say we want to know about it before it's sold but we certainly will look into it for you. >> yes. arduously come i think this is one of these things people knew it was in a cell for only $1 million it's worth a lot more than that. whether the community were the city would step up to purchase it as an asset for our community. it could've been done especially at that price.

>> the other question i have, which is totally speculation on my part, supervisor, is why they do not sell the building. i mean, they do not have to foreclose on. they could have sold it for more and paid the city arlene and perhaps had some funds left over for the voice of pentecost that they chose not to do that. >> i understand and that's why i think we need to continue to monitor whether it's 20 be flipped back to them. it doesn't seem very proper whatever was on. i guess i've been better not say any more than that. >> thank you supervisor >> thank you very much. any questions? no. thank you very much. walking tours from oewd, and do a short presentation. >> good afternoon mr. chairman

and supervise. the pleasure to be here walking tours from office of economic and workforce development. i want to provide a quick and brief overview with regard to our work with the community and assessing and a level of engagement with the el rey theatre as part of a larger program referenced earlier. our neighborhood as it activation program that looks at underutilized sites that have a positive neighborhood impact it activator across the city and particularly invested neighborhood corridor. we selected the el rey for a few reasons. one is because we blog setting working with the ocean avenue community through both invest in neighborhoods and the

community benefit district program. we knew that was underutilized into disrepair with bacon looking storefronts and news community desire to see more activated and potentially allow for some additional community use. we thought that maybe was going to be way to work with the building owner on these issues. however, we began assessing it like the rest of us, we learned it been transferred to a new owner the option after foreclosure by private lender. after as part of the assessment process, both our partner northern california community loan fund and our office is out multiple times to engage the new owners to learn their intentions engage them positive with you we also reached out to the church and community stakeholders to find out what their intentions were for the property as well. the church nor the owners have been very willing to engage at all and they are pretty adamant they're not interested in engaging in a conversation with us today. despite our repeated attempts. we've included multiple offers of assistance to property owner to open pursue any kind of renovation redevelopment plans. in march we have learned

through i think is important process here in terms of how we monitor these types of sites it takes a lot of kind of gumshoe work in partnership with people of eyes on the street in our community partners let us know issues happening related to construction or renovation that had been properly permitted so we were able to work with your office and your staff on the community to make sure we assigned dbi right away to people that work there was taken an improperly. this work inbox is another development we been looking at. we do this both to raise public awareness of the value of a site like this and also it will inform the permitting process that we go through this when marking job leave a draft proposal is nearly completed writenow. from our community stakeholders. so that we can have the permitting process with any kind of alteration construction were potential demolition informed by landmark in process. were a much looking forward to working partnership our office with the committing of pursuing that process. i think that would be the best kind of update i can

provide at this time. again, we are always very open throttle when marking process to continuing talks with the property owners. should they wish to accept our calls. and have a conversation with us. we have also advised although not required for the community stakeholders to reach out as well to make sure that the property owner can be involved in that when marking process as well. >> thank you very much. at this time, is there any public comment? come on up, dan. >> good morning. thanks for having this hearing. my name is dan weaver and him representing the ocean ave., association good almonds executive director and el rey theatre is the biggest thing on the ocean avenue. it may in fact be the biggest thing, biggest building west of twin peaks for that matter. it's been there a long

time. when the church bought it in 1978 they proceeded to do the wrong kind of restoration. systematically on the front, fortunately, the inside is remarkably intact oh according to the preservation consultants we hired, it's hard to proceed from here because what i am hearing from the city attorneys staff is that there is no need or law that says the senior lien holder has to notify the junior lien holder when there's more than one lien on the property that's going to be auctioned off on the steps. as a consequence, it just the way it is that san francisco no one in san francisco government

learned that this was going to be auctioned off. that's not my understanding of how the law works but are not a lawyer. so, it would be interesting to delve a little bit more into that to understand whether, in fact, the city was noticed or i don't know if this city knows if it was noticed. thank you. >> any other public comment? come on up. >> ace washington. i just happen to be here at city hall today. on some other business. i could peek in here and see this item coming up. just listening to the back-and-forth rhetoric that the city and county gives me just give a parallel piece of property in the western addition, which oewd and all these departments are involved with. this is parallel with the same situation is where a property went bankrupt and city and county went

haywire into it they want the we in our community the building is still run by the city and county we don't know what the hell is going on. i think it's ludicrous. i think it's disgusting the way we are treated in the western addition . that alone on ocean avenue pier on very familiar with the building i used to congregate there years ago to my church used to fellowship years ago and had changed ownership. but just a parallel to its going on in the western addition of a building that went bankrupt and the city took back over and we the community try to get some parts of it which we can get nothing, can't get information about it. we don't know what is going on from wendy to another because the city and county in the department they are talking about right now is overseeing it. this same department was in here last week with a least [inaudible] yes, they damn sure

need oversight on that department as well as others. now i speak parallel speaking that the department and if the owners are here, i would not look at the department get the hell out of it if the city and county does not on. if they do own it they don't manage their own business. they'll manage the buildings they have. what al is going on here? at city hall. i call it silly hall. where accountability is needed >> thank you. next. >> my name is neil ballard anglicized resident. the el rey theatre is the most iconic building on ocean avenue and the most prominent art deco theater in the whole city. it should be preserved and dedicated to a community use but instead it was sold for the cost of a house i think is the real issue here. so, why that happened is still unclear and

if every city department by god about this in the newspaper i think somebody who knows what really went on i like to hear from them especially. thank you. >> good morning supervisors. i'm alex mullaney and him and angle side resident also good i also publish the neighborhood newspaper. i lead say the el rey when i and other neighbors found out it was old we were very concerned. because as you know, we could eat without for development when it's a landmark and its farthest work product of the neighborhood i interface with a lot of neighborhoods and community. this like conspiracy theories about what happens. there's a lot of concern that people want to feel like the city is on top of it and hoping this hearing

could really put a cap on it. i wish the department of real estate had been your two kind of explain the process and i believe this post to monitor foreclosures were they have to the ability to anyhow. anyway, i do appreciate having this hearing and i look forward to coming back bringing the land marking application. >> thank you. any other-come on up. >> yes, my name is robert creed and i would leak with very closely to the el rey theatre. i'm also the owner of the victoria theatre on 16th and mission. i just want to let the city know that that they had, or did have or may have a golden opportunity to enrich the lives of everyone in san francisco. i took a theater 16

mission st. in 1978. it was boarded up. since that time we've had programs from schoolchildren to musicals to stageplay two dramas and this year we hosted the san francisco international film festival. i mention this because this is a similar thing that could happen in the elegant in fact, the el rey zone was 10 times better than the victoria theatre and how no one could see the vision behind that and what it could do to enhance not only the neighborhood but the whole city, the school district, it's just beyond me. >> any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[gavel] >> it seems like this hearing was to try to get some answers and certainly we do not get too many answers and none of us seem to know how this all

transpired until after the fact and moving forward, i would love to see us emendations, in regards to policies preventing such an action to take place again. i think it is true when of the public comments why the department of real estate was here. i don't know if they would have given us any more information, but it was something i should have pushed for a living more for them to be here. in regards to this particular item, el rey, i'm looking forward to working with the community in terms of this land marking and the historical aspects of this particular property. and hopefully this will come sooner not later so we can actually move forward with some things where it may benefit, not only the

community, but also the whole of san francisco. without any further comments, then can i have a motion to file. >> i will move to file >> no objection. the motion passes. >>[gavel] >> thanks for coming. mdm. clerk please call item number three >> yes. item number three, >>[reading code] >> >> okay. ms.- >> thank you supervisors for hearing this today. good morning supervisors. for the

record my name is mary and ms. ago thompson and i'm speaking on behalf of director todd with photo. we are here today to follow-up on the june 2 gal hearing regarding the legacy registry. we've come a long way since june 2 but we recognize that we have a way to go. for the past four weeks we have been focused on creating the policies, the procedures, around the legacy business registry. we've been building the of the structure for the program and putting systems into place. prior to the june 2 hearing, director with cocaine to me and asked if i would take the lead on this project and we could on board a manager. without hesitation i said, yes. i believe in supporting local businesses and by way of background, i am the project manager for shop and dine in the 49, by local campaign. it

was just one small hitch. that was my vacation. i'm a single mom of two teenagers and i went home and told him that the vacation was on hold for just a small bit of time. my daughter asked me, mom, what are you going to do on this project? i told her the first thing i was going to do with to meet with all 37 of the businesses would yet submitted their applications. legacy businesses deserve the best customer service and that's part of what i am focused on. so, on google maps is 16-year-old daughter who insisted that she come with me, we went on an adventure. that is to say, we shopped and dimes are way too 37 businesses in san francisco. each and every business and every business owner had incredible story to tell. from roseanne from the anchor oyster bar to billy, from the castro country

club canada from fog city market, victoria door restaurant oceanside sheet metal, yes, i even took my 16-year-old daughter to this cinch, why not. these businesses are woven into the fabric of what makes san francisco unique and each merchant corridor is different from the next. when i walked into swan oyster depot tom -yelled across his customers a ms. ago how is your mom. those were the days when my-used to go to the nine are games. i had to pause for a moment deeming candlestick park or did he mean [inaudible]. then it was gypsy rose lee. the woman who used to style my grandmother's hair. i was struck at this moment with the profound thought it's not the brick and mortar that makes the businesses legacy businesses. if the people and the owners who are the businesses. the owners who took a chance to grow, start, and

stay in san francisco and maybe when my daughter goes back to school and she is asked, what did you do this summer, she will say, i got to explore the many treasures of san francisco and i got to touch its history. so, here we are today having completed a significant amount of work on the registry knowing we have more work to do. but now, as we this city family, can focus on our legacy businesses we can share the narrative and show residents and visitors what makes san francisco so unique. i want to thank each and every one of you. i especially want to thank you or aids. darlene in particular who was always helpful and always willing to give me more information or to send me more businesses. adam who was always willing to help me with these businesses. aides

who allowed me to stop into their offices unannounced and help me get i really want to thank them because as a city family that we really came together to unite and to bring for this legacy business registry. so, with that i'm quick to turn this over to regina dick and jesse from the office of small business who certainly helped to move this forward. thank you. >> thank you marianne. i really want to extend my appreciation again to talk with and to marianne thompson kazuko four being able to assist and dedicate their time in really getting the registry up and going and launch. as then in the amount of time that's needed to the spring the process to our businesses. with that, under move on to providing updates from the last gal meeting in terms of what transpired to date. so, most

importantly, we have now hired the legacy business program manager. i would like to introduce to you richard carrillo, who is part of the invested neighborhood steam who is now the legacy business program manager could richard has a stellar reputation in terms of program management and grant management and just the type of person we need to move this program for work. so i am very excited with having him on board and starting monday, july 11, he will be officially handling all the applications that marianne and i have been handling. then, on june 8, we

held a marianne and i held the legacy business registry application training for the board of supervisors aides,. just to walk through with the nomination process, with the application process and just to make sure they're very clear. then, the legacy business we've updated the legacy business website so that it has all-it has instructions for the nominees good in case you are aides need to refer back to the process if there on the osc website. are we not on? thank you. excuse me one moment.

>> can somebody help with that and you continue with your presentation? >> yes. then we had all the applications translated into english, chinese spanish and that is up on the website. again, following the last meetings we continue to reach out to all the nominees, especially those that have not yet submitted applications to make sure they're clear in the process they receive the information and be available to answer any questions. so, all the businesses again that were on the initial list are deemed officially nominated and we do have a new list of nominees. there will be-so the nomination

process that we are able to accept 300 year and so all the nominees that were submitted that we have on our list that is before you are deemed submitted through last fiscal year and so we are now able as of july 1 to accept new nominations. then, next week were starting and meeting with the legacy business grant program. so, as of today, there had and 79 nominations by the board of supervisors. 26 of these nominees have submitted applications some form of another. 53 have still yet to submit applications. of the 26, received, 18 are deemed complete and ready for the hpc review. so, eight haven't submitted to hpc on july 20. 10 will be cemented on tomorrow's, the eighth. and then five on

august 22. there were three that the applications that still need some additional information and if we do get that in soon we will be able to for that on to the august 22 meeting. then, just to provide you with an update of windows applications when they come back from hpc window be heard at the small business commission for their final hearing and to be placed on the registry. so, for those-okay, for those businesses that will be heard at the july 20 hpc meeting, they will have their official hearing the small business commission on august 8. are those that are being heard on the august 8-august 30

hpc meeting, they will have their hearing on august 22, and then for those applications that are heard at hpc on august 17, they will be heard at the small business commission on september 12. so, just to reiterate the priorities for the legacy business registry, which rick will take on, it's really working to those 26 applications getting to the process and onto the registry. completing a branding program and getting that launch by early november. we are currently working with oewd to codify a list of nonprofits who will fit small business with crafting their historical narrative. some has expressed this is a bit of a challenge for them and you need assistance. then, the legacy business program manager will provide with monthly updates on the status of your nominees. so,

the next step is the historical preservation fund so there's to fund programs there's the business assistance grant program and the rent stabilization grants. these two programs be mr. guidelines will have their official hearing at the small business commission on july 25 get they will be forwarded to you for your 30 day i think you have 30 days to review and provide comments or make any changes and then because the businesses assistance grant to proposition j the filing,, to file for that grant is between july 1 and september 30. because we are delayed in the registry process in consultation with our city attorney, to a ordinance we were able to extend that grant timeline and so i will be soon submitting and ordinance to the

board of supervisors to extend that grant period for an additional three months. so that those businesses that are currently in the process where the ability to be able to apply for the grant program. >> could you quickly just state largest amount for each category of grants? >> so, the largest >> or the range? >> well, for the business assistance grant the largest amount that can be awarded based upon the number of businesses and the number of employees that end up in the grant application is $500 for full-time employee up to 100. employees per business, full-time equivalent. so it's $500 and for the rent

stabilization grant its four 50 ft.2 up to 5000 ft.2. >> okay. >> attached in your package if you have any questions feel free to ask me. is just a list of those that submit the applications, the right-hand column is the schedule which they'll be transferred to the hpc. this is not the date they are scheduled or the date the application will be transferred to the historical preservation commission. then, the second list is the list of nominations and were still waiting to receive the applications. so, with that if you have any questions away happy to answer them. >> do we have on the website

somewhere we're rehashing publish beyond the september 26 for this year i guess, application? going forward so people know when to hand in things? >> we will be placing information on the application in terms of the list of businesses that been nominated and those that been submitted in the process. we are still trying to figure out the best means of handling that information, but we are in communication with those with the businesses. >> which one are you referring to? there is the 79 that is currently going through the process, 26 of them will be looked at maybe >> 26 will-we have

applications. the majority of them are complete and ready to be forwarded onto the struggle preservation commission and some, we are still working with the applicants and get a few bits of additional information. so, the remain the applicants, the ones in the second sheet there's 53 that are denominated by the supervisors and we are still waiting for those applications, and so, i think-yyes? >> were real specific about the dates of the hearings and everything for the first 26 i guess. we have specific dates, deadlines and so forth for the other 50-ish >> we don't until we have a pretty clear idea of when

they're going to be ready to summit their applications. i think with richard moving forward will be able to start reporting out to you those nominees. the status of where they are with completing their applications.. part of it is doing the written narrative and providing some supplemental documents and we have identified at least five of the businesses that you need them, some languages systems and drafting their narrative. so we are working with oewd 12 provide a. >> i guess i'm trying to push the dates a little bit because if the next set of applicants, and there's some that would have completed everything and have to wait around forever for the dates to be set it seems unfair and also if you set the date that's reasonable hopefully

a few of these applicants will get things done quicker. >> i think i will work with richard, hearing your feedback on what is the best means for us to ensure that those nominations get their applications in as soon, as quickly as possible so we can get them scheduled on the registry. i'm just a little bit hesitant to forecast a date for an applicant and if they're not ready but another applicant may come in earlier than that would take up that slot so but i think what we'll do to hear what your concern is supervisor yee, is really get a good assessment and idea and recommendation to you in terms of how will work with those businesses. >> okay. thank you. any other questions? seeing none, any

public comment on this item? >> always great to come down here to city hall because you never know what you run into. with all these new positions in all these new programs, it is hard for you guys, the board of supervisors to keep up with it. let alone for the community it affects. with these characters are doing. excuse my french condom characters i would say something else. i'm just appalled. oewd, spa and all the rest of the so-called groups that recently got together could always seven just request for a new program, new positions, new money, when we don't know where it's going. i'm fully requested i like to know everything about this new legacy. it sounds good. but if

you come to western edition there's no letters. everything is closed up to the african-american black negroes are here in san francisco. where have you heard about the city by the bay? my name is ace, on the case. the outmigration, the fillmore corridor, something's wrong with everything that you do. but i've not heard jack dougal about nothing. i am appalled. because were bringing in new programs, bringing in new staff members and were going to be affected. we don't know jack about and i am sick and tired of being sick and tired of this bs with a call politics down here at city hall. i call it silly hall. almond with a program together in the western addition and ain't nothing coming to the fillmore. unless

i know about it so i can tell my community. i want to smell every fark and home who did it. i want to know everything in the fillmore. from this day out or file an injunction to stop everything get my name is ace, dammit and i am on this case. >> any other public comment? on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[gavel] >> could i-i want to thank the presenters for coming today. i know this a very important item for the business to have applied good as you know, many personal businesses seem to be living our city and this is one way we can be helpful as a city to keep our small businesses which is really the economic engine in san francisco. because the two authors of this

hearing were not able to come today, but to have a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair? supervisor weiner okay. there is a motion and without any objection that motion passes >>[gavel] >> mdm. clerk anything else be one >> no further business. >> so, meeting adjourned. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >> >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and

exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the

time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's

least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes.

>> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many

of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to

go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it.

we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the

bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for

>> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed foreboding and -- for boating. it is named for the wild strawberries that once flores. a pleasant trail follows the

perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. two bridges connect the trail to the island. the climb to the hills summit, the highest point in golden gate park at more than four hundred feet. you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city through a thick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls. it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around the lake, floating under the bridges, past the pavilion and waterfall.

for a quiet getaway, it makes for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this grove is the place to wear your hiking boots, bring your family, and bring the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the part is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy this base and the history behind it. the diversity that exists in such an urban city, the concrete, the streets, cars, we have this oasis of a natural

environment. it reminds us of what san francisco initially was. >> this is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available to get you there easily. and the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. there is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is the place to find some solitude from the city and appreciate what you share with a wonderful breath of fresh air. , an experienced this park and enjoy the peoples, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved one hand

in hand. located in the middle of pacific heights on top of a hill, lafayette park offers a great square a of a peaceful beauty. large trees border greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football, frisbee, and picnics. it is very much a couple's part and there are a multitude of experiences you can have together. bring your dog and watch the mean go with the community or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all of the park has to offer. many couples find this is the perfect place to put down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place you can share with someone you cherish. it is located along the 1 and 10 buses and is accessed from the

47 and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. for more information about reserving one of these locations, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair building. for any athletic fields and neighborhood parks, 831-5510. you can also write us. or walking in and say hello at old lock cabin, golden gate park. and of course you can find more information and reach us at sfrecpark.org.

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you limousine we're at san francisco inspirational airport to discover the award-winning concession that conspiracies us around the world. sfo serves are more 40 million travelers a year and a lot of the them are hungry there's many restaurant and nearly all are restaurant and cafe that's right even the airport is a diane designation. so tell me a little bit the food program at sfo and what makes this so special >> well, we have a we have food and beverage program at sfo we trivia important the sustainable organic produce and our objective to be a nonterminal and bring in the best food of san francisco for our

passengers. >> i like this it's is (inaudible) i thank my parents for bringing me here. >> this the definitely better than the la airport one thousand times better than. >> i have a double knees burger with bacon. >> i realize i'm on a diet but i'm hoping this will be good. >> it total is san francisco experience because there's so many people and nationalities in this town to come to the airport especially everyone what have what they wanted. >> are repioneering or is this a model. >> we're definitely pioneers and in airport commemoration at

least nationally if not intvrl we have many folks asking our our process and how we select our great operators. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the food option in san francisco airport are phenomenal that's if it a lot of the airports >> yeah. >> you don't have the choice. >> some airports are all about food this is not many and this particular airport are amazing especially at the tirnl indicating and corey is my favorite i come one or two hours before my flight this is the

life. >> we definitely try to use as many local grirnts as we can we use the goat cheese and we also use local vendors we use greenly produce they summarize the local soured products and the last one had 97 percent open that. >> wow. >> have you taken up anything unique or odd here. >> i've picked up a few things in napa valley i love checking chocolates there's a lot of types of chocolate and caramel corn. >> now this is a given right there. >> i'm curious about the customer externals and how

people are richmond to this collection of cities you've put together not only of san francisco food in san francisco but food across the bay area. >> this type of market with the local savors the high-end products is great. >> i know people can't believe they're in an airport i really joy people picking up things for their friends and family and wait i don't have to be shopping now we want people take the opportunity at our location. >> how long has this been operating in san francisco and the late 18 hours it is one of

the best places to get it coffee. >> we have intrrnl consumers that know of this original outlet here and come here for the coffee. >> so let's talk sandwiches. >> uh-huh. >> can you tell me how you came about naming our sandwiches from the katrero hills or 27 years i thought okay neighborhood and how do you keep it fresh you can answer that mia anyway you want. >> our broadened is we're going not irving preserves or packaged goods we take the time to incubate our jogger art if

scratch people appreciate our work here. >> so you feel like out of captured the airport atmosphere. >> this is its own the city the airline crews and the bag handlers and the frequent travels travelers and we've established relationships it feels good. >> when i get lunch or come to eat the food i feel like i'm not city. i was kind of under the assumption you want to be done with our gifts you are down one time not true >> we have a lot of regulars we didn't think we'd find that here

at the airport. >> people come in at least one a week for that the food and service and the atmosphere. >> the food is great in san francisco it's a coffee and i took an e calorie home every couple of weeks. >> i'm impressed i might come here on my own without a trip, you know, we have kids we could get a babysitter and have diner at the airport. >> this is a little bit of things for everybody there's plenty of restaurant to grab something and go otherwise in you want to sit you can enjoy the experience of local food. >> tell me about the future food. >> we're hoping to bring newer concepts out in san francisco

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